Lenin spent much more than he was earning, but also adhered to an ascetic lifestyle. Before the Russian Revolution of 1917 made him the head of a new state, Lenin relied on odd jobs, publications - ...

The Bolsheviks and Vladamir Lenin led the uprising - commonly known as Red October - which overthrew the Tsarist rule at the helm of Russia A CENTURY ago Russia was on the brink of a revolution that ...

Join presenter Ken Poppe on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 2:00 pm for the first in a series of occasional lectures at the Simsbury Public Library, 725 Hopmeadow St. One hundred years ago on October 25, ...

The lessons of their respective legacies are more relevant than ever. Editor’s Note: The following piece is adapted from Arthur Herman’s new book, 1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World ...

A 1917 telegram sent by Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin has been sold at auction in London for 50,000 pounds ($77,600). The historically significant telegram was sold at Christie's auction house on ...

Some historians speculate that the Easter Rising in Ireland in 1916 helped push Lenin to take action and orchestrate the October Revolution. In 1917, amid the chaos and carnage of World War I, Russia ...

Arthur Herman is most famous for his bestselling book from 2001, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, but he's started to find a pattern in writing history based around the collision of two great ...

A CENTURY ago Russia was on the brink of a revolution that would change the course of the country forever. The Bolsheviks and Vladamir Lenin led the uprising - commonly known as Red October - which ...